What is your drink (alcoholic) of choice?

Nov 28, 2012 10:20 AM

I'm not a huge drinker. Really couldn't stand the taste of the stuff till after I visited Germany and got kinda use to beer. Still not a huuuuuuge fan but least not I can drink it. Before if I'd drink alcohol it's a mixed drink usually something like a screw driver. Now I'd drink the occasional beer but not often.

The other day a friend of mine got me to try a Blue Moon beer with a bit of orange. Now don't know if it was the beer or because it was on draft which to me tastes different usually. No idea if its true. Either way it tasted pretty good. Sooo yeah got me thinking what do you guys like to drink?

PS: sorry for any rambling its 4:20 am and I should be asleep instead of typing on deals.woot

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I was born, raised, and still reside in what is known to many as the Beer Capital of the World. Beer is my drink of choice hands down. I think that if people got themselves weaned off that pee-pee water known as bud light, the US would have a better understanding of how great beer can be.

I go to bars where I could be there every day of the year, and try something different each of those days. So me saying I have a favorite beer would be a lie, I simply haven't tried them all to make up my mind. My everyday inexpensive beer of choice is a Miller High Life, it changes from time-to-time.

Yuengling American Lager is my go to beer but I like Stella Artois, Imperial, Smithwicks, Killians, Corona, and might even drink a Miler Lite if thats all thats there. Depends on the weather and if i am eating or just drinking. There are a lot of micro brews I like that I am not going to mention. I think that beer would be my beverage of choice even if it did not have alcohol.

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Not a fan of beer , but Tucher Weiss with a squeeze of lemon I find I like, as well as Paulaner's Oktoberfest.
I'm a fan of Sangiovese and also gin, Bombay Blue Sapphire and Dry Fly Washington Dry Gin in particular.

I was born, raised, and still reside in what is known to many as the Beer Capital of the World. Beer is my drink of choice hands down. I think that if people got themselves weaned off that pee-pee water known as bud light, the US would have a better understanding of how great beer can be.

I go to bars where I could be there every day of the year, and try something different each of those days. So me saying I have a favorite beer would be a lie, I simply haven't tried them all to make up my mind. My everyday inexpensive beer of choice is a Miller High Life, it changes from time-to-time.

Yuengling American Lager is my go to beer but I like Stella Artois, Imperial, Smithwicks, Killians, Corona, and might even drink a Miler Lite if thats all thats there. Depends on the weather and if i am eating or just drinking. There are a lot of micro brews I like that I am not going to mention. I think that beer would be my beverage of choice even if it did not have alcohol.

I stick to the movie drinks. Vodka martini, shaken and very dirty. Also the occasional white russian, but depends where I am and where the evening is going. I have a sweet tooth and dont drink often, so I don't feel bad going for them. G&T is my go-to if I am feeling more self conscious at the bar in question, still refreshing.

I like the odd scotch and cigar, but only on special occasions. I love tasting the oak in the whiskey, goes great with the cigar.

I think our tastes are similar when it comes to beer vs mixed drinks. There is a reason i don't drink much, which is usually why I find myself up at 4:20 as well sometimes.

Hendricks gin is the winner by far. Can't say I have a favorite scotch but I do dabble in them and assorted other mixed drinks. I'm a sucker for a good Gimlet or Moscow Mule.

I am also a pretty big beer snob. Right now, as with every Christmas, my favorite is Great Lakes Brewery Christmas Ale. Had to drive to 10 stores to find it and it was only in a case. Then I had to get my girlfriend to wrap up a 6 pack for me so I could fly it in her checked bag since Missouri doesn't get GL. My every day beer is normally High Life or I play 6 pack roulette and pick whatever craft brew is on special that day.

DH loves a good strong beer. We love to visit bar/micro-breweries to try their "flights" of different beers. He's not crazy about the wheat beers, preferring the darker ones, but I rather like them,'

Having said that, I'm more of a flavored martini kind of girl. A "friend" told me that the Cosmo is passe, but it's still my go-to drink if I don't think of anything else. Recently found a blueberry lemon drop that was yummy, too. One of my happiest conference-going memories was sitting with a group of friends from around the country (and world) at a martini bar in Miami ordering one of everything on the drink list and passing them around for everyone to sample. Yum! And they don't have to be fruity. I also love a good dirty martini (emphasis on GOOD - some are just nasty!).

Oh, and I tip my hat to the Bloody Mary. There was a thread about this here.

Cheap booze always tastes horrible. I'm not much of a drinker myself but a nice fancy beer (not too dark) or a nice bourbon is good with me.

Blue Moon is a winner in my book. I'd suggest trying a few different things in small amounts to just figure out what you enjoy. I personally don't like hoppy beers, so I stay away from IPAs and the likes. You might be the same.

Next time you're at a bar, try a Jameson on the rocks. It's a good, smooth drink that's not too hard on the wallet. You could try Jack as well, but I'm personally not a fan of it straight. Mixed drinks (rum and coke, for example) can help you get used to the bite of alcohol as well.

Interesting. I got introduced to the world of beer through wheat beers (like Paulaner, Hoegaarden, Blue Moon, etc). They have lighter flavors and sit well. I still have a soft spot for them, though they are not my favorite any more.

I like lagers and pale ales and ESBs and such now. I also like whiskeys a lot.

I adore beer, the more complex and tasty, the better. My current All-Time-Favorites (subject to change according to mood) are Trippel Karmeliet (tastes like caramel!), Anderson Valley's Barney Flats Oatmeal Stout (tastes like a dark chocolate oatmeal cookie!), and New Glarus' Cherry Belgian Red (tastes like carbonated cherry slurried angels partying on your tongue!).

In the colder months, I am also very much a fan of port. For daily sipping ports, lately I prefer Noval Black (cherries, dark chocolate, midnight kisses) or Grahams 20 year tawny (apricots, caramel, harvest fields at sunrise). For more special occasaions I've got some aged and aging bottles of rubies in the basement.

Bloody Mary. I like to try them in different places and parts of the country to see the different twists they put on them. Plus they're great breakfast drinks. Best I've had is at the Frosty Bar in Put in Bay.

Second would be cheap beer. Can't stand the fancy stuff. Yuengling is about as top shelf as I'll go.

I prefer Anejo's. The "special occasion" tequila for me is Don Julio 1942. When we go on vacation there is this one tequila bar that serves Herradura Seleccion Suprema. WOW!!! Best tequila I have ever had!

I never developed a taste for anything alcoholic. So all I drink is one of those tiny communion cups of what I'm told is not great red wine just about the first Sunday of every month. My church does offer grape juice but between the kids and pregnant women, they occasionally run low, so I drink the wine. At least the bread used it really good.

Woodchuck Cider is my general go to bottle. I love their Raspberry especially. Strongbow if I'm with my husband because it reminds him of home.

Not a big fan of beer, generally. I did like Wild Blue because it tasted very strongly of blueberries, so I do wonder if there's anything else similar like that. I do have to be careful though because I react to certain malt beverages with a really awful rash.

Wow.. many more responses than I expected XD thanks but to many for me to @ right now for me to get back to everyone. But...

@jezebelseven: Woodchuck Cider is good over ice. My favorite is Blummers but I can't find it here in Mississippi. Have you or anyone ever tried Angry Orchard? A friend of mine said it was bad but the art on the bottle looks good lol.

@everyone who mentioned Crown & Coke I that drink is pretty good too though not really something I drink often dunno why.

@thedogma: after drinking mainly beer at restaurants and laundry mats (really weird) in Germany pretty much use to the bite now. It was kinda crazy that beer was significantly cheaper than water or coke in some places.

I'm kinda curious about trying some different wines. I tried two that I picked up at world market since Woot can't ship 99.99999% of their stock to my state which makes me sad. It wasn't so hot but was probably the ones I picked up. Really should go to a wine tasting I suppose and get samples of lots of kinds.

Anywho I'm off to a late lunch! Thanks for all the responses and can't wait to read the rest.

Well it depends on the category. I doubt anyone here will have heard of any of the beers I like unless they're from Michigan as well, or somewhere near it, so I'll just post types.
Beer: I like most any microbrew/craft besides pilsners, favorites are IPAs (especially doubles and even triples)
Wine: Bordeaux if it's going with meat, chianti if I'm drinking it without a meal
Liquor: Either a Manhattan, scotch and soda, or cuba libre.

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